Tuesday, March 13, 2018

Lower Immigration Rates Means UK Must Up Its Game To Help Construction Industry

The construction industry may not take the
spotlight as like all other glamorous industries out there. This is because
this industry basically is all about hard work. But the hard work that goes
into this industry is very important as it helps provide one of the basic needs
of people – and that is a roof or a shelter. And if this industry does fail or
does not have enough workers, it will definitely cause a whole lot of problems
that may not be really good for a country.

In the case of the United Kingdom, experts
who are looking at the current phenomenon are saying that the construction
industry in the country just may experience some trouble if the current trend
of lowered immigration rates continues. This industry depends highly on
immigrants to do the work as immigrants are really not that choosy when it
comes to the type of job that they will be doing. Britons are not so keen on
this and so immigrants become the best source of manpower for construction
business owners. With lowered immigration rates, it definitely means that there
would be a lot less people doing the work and so projects will be completed at
a slower rate.

The
warning that the UK government should listen to

Bloomberg, a private software company that
works with data to provide market data, news, and analysis, has recently sent
out a warning to the United Kingdom government regarding the noted decrease in
the immigration rates in the country. According to the company, the
construction industry in Britain will very much suffer if this continues as it
will then be able to have only a limited number of workers to do the hard work.
This would mean that workers will be in shortage and so projects will not
continue to be completed as planned.

This warning has come after an analysis of
the current data in the UK. Romanian workers are doing their best in the
country. In every four of them, one is actually working in the construction
industry. This is just for Romania alone. And this reflects just how much
workers this industry needs. With more and more immigrants from EU nations
leaving the UK because of the looming exit, the United Kingdom government
should focus on working on bringing in more immigrants to make sure that there
is no shortage of the workers, not only in the construction industry but in all
other industries as well.

The
effect of the looming exit

Bloomberg has also mentioned that of all of
the people doing hard labor in the UK for the construction industry, a fifth of
those are actually immigrants. That is definitely a huge amount and can bring
in really negative effects to the country. With the exit coming up, the UK is
actually going through a phase where the wages are going up. This is good for
the workers but the businesses are not really quite happy about it.

The government should definitely look into
this and see just how the needed immigrants can be brought to the country and
do the work that is needed.